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The New Year’s Day Yoga Mala was quite a success, as always! At the beginning, my daughter counted 63 people. There were more that rolled in, so I believe it’s safe to say we had around 70 for sure! Beth and Eric did a fantastic job with the live vibration. They are an amazing team for sure! I chanted the second set with Beth and it was so much fun! We took in $78 in cash and I dropped off the food that was donated today, and it weighed in at 303 lbs. Wow. That’s a lot of food. We had several people with cameras running around, so as soon as I get the rest of the photos, I’ll have something up on the web site, and of course get a newsletter out to the world. I’ll leave you with these photos for now.

After the Mala, we headed up the street with fresh flowers (that I forgot to bring to the Mala….shhh…don’t tell anyone) and a bottle of wine, to have dinner with some friends, L & M. They met in Europe a few years ago. M is a British tour guide who still travels the world. He happened to be the guide for the tour L was on with her students. Thankfully for us, they fell in love, got married and made their home base here so we can enjoy his accent, sense of humor and the amazing food they prepare together for us!

We started our meal with a tomato, mozarella and avacado salad drizzled with something out of this world. I’m sure it was something simple like olive oil and lemon juice and basil, but it’s always way better when someone else makes it! Why is that?!! Next up, they served us beef burgundy with some awesome potatoes that had a bit of a mustard flavor. Good stuff, and of course, they served it with a great bottle of wine that made it even better. For dessert they whipped fresh cream, made the best coffee ever and we enjoyed a lemon curd patisserie for dessert. Thanks guys for one of the best meals ever and of course the company rocked as well.

What a perfect start to the New Year, first Yoga, then Family, Food and Friends.

We stayed in as we usually do on New Year’s Eve. Hubby ended up working late, to be expected, all hell usually breaks loose about the time he’s supposed to leave, and it was also a holiday. Nothing new. We ordered some pizzas, downed some cokes, had one brandy and watched a movie. Pretty boring stuff.

This is the first year in a long time that my sister wasn’t here for New Year’s! It was kinda weird.

Today is the New Year Yoga Mala. All afternoon. I’m excited and I’m also glad Lauren will be attending as well. There will be other children there and she asked if she could run the camera! Awesome. I love it when kids take photos, you never know what you’re gonna get.

I’m helping in the chanting department this time, so hopefully that will go well. I love to chant. In the dark, when the students are in relaxation!! I’ll be fine, I won’t be up there all alone. I’m thinking we’re going to have a HUGE turnout. We aren’t asking for a cash, charity donation this time, just non-perishable food for the food pantry. There will be live drumming with the chanting, so it’s extra special. Looking forward to this afternoon!

This will be the third time we’ve marked the New Year in this way. We don’t have to do much advertising anymore, it’s just expected that we have it and I think that’s just plain cool. We’re using the Unitarian Universalist Church this year, should be nice with big windows facing South!

After the Mala for me, (and work for Frank) we will spend the evening with some friends we don’t get to see very often.

Five Things Lazy Blog Post –

1) What was I doing 10 years ago? Let’s see, December 1998. Lauren was almost one, I was getting ready to close my failing gift shop and I still owned the video store . I was married to Lauren’s dad, I lived in my dream house in a dream neighborhood, had lots of disposable income and was freaking out about becoming a mom. Thanks Rhonda, for correcting me! You’re right! I was not pregnant in Dec 1998…….man, I’m a flake!

2)What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

1. Drink an entire pot of flavored coffee. 2. Print out our holiday letter and decorate it with colored pencils with my daughter (maybe I’ll add a funny note that says “we’ve given up on getting anything out before Christmas.) 3. Wrap some gifts for my son, since he’s not home today. 4. Watch a movie with my kid while wearing the comfiest clothes ever! 5. Not venturing out anyplace, except the grocery store for stuff to make a small dinner, since my husband will be at the Mall until who knows when.

4) Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Help my family out as needed first of course. Make sure my kids had trust funds and plenty of cash for college! After that, I’d open a beautiful, green yoga studio, with an organic eatery, coffee/tea shop, and bookstore and the classes would be offered on a donation basis only. I’d definitely travel and maybe buy some land with a pond/lake to build a simple place to enjoy for the rest of our lives.

5) Places I have lived: Springfield, Missouri…..sounds really lame I know. But as long you take time out to visit other places, it’s all good.

I’m not tagging anyone, but if you would like to post this on your blog, it’s great fun!